2002 Big Ten Baseball Tournament

The 2002 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 15 through 19. The top six teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the twenty first annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their fifth tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

2002 Big Ten Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State (5th title)
Winning coachBob Todd (5th title)
MVPJoe Wilkins (Ohio State)
2002 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Minnesota  ‍†‍‍ 18–10 .64332–26 .552
Ohio State  ‍‍‡‍y 18–11 .62138–20 .655
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 16–12 .57138–19 .667
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 15–14 .51735–20 .636
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 15–16 .48426–29 .473
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 14–15 .48326–29 .473
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 14–15 .48332–19 .627
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14–17 .45221–32 .396
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 13–19 .40624–32 .429
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 11–19 .36723–30 .434
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 2002 tournament was a 6-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Northwestern claimed the sixth seed over Illinois by tiebreaker. For the first time, the top two seeds received a single bye, with the four lower seeds playing opening round games. The top seed played the lowest seeded winner from the opening round, with the second seed playing the higher seed. Teams that lost in the opening round played an elimination game.[3]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Minnesota1810.643
–
1
Ohio State1811.621
.5
2
Michigan State1612.571
2
3
Indiana1514.517
3.5
4
Iowa1516.484
4.5
5
Northwestern1415.483
4.5
6
Illinois1415.483
4.5
–
Michigan1417.452
5.5
–
Purdue1319.406
6.5
–
Penn State1119.367
7.5
–

Tournament
  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  3 Michigan State 2     1 Minnesota 2  
  6 Northwestern 4     6 Northwestern 5    
      6 Northwestern 2              
      2 Ohio State 5              
  4 Indiana 7     2 Ohio State 11*          
  5 Iowa 4     4 Indiana 10*        
        2 Ohio State 6 —
Loser's Bracket       1 Minnesota 3 —
  3 Michigan State 13        
  5 Iowa 9          
      4 Indiana 1        
      3 Michigan State 14          
            1 Minnesota 6              
          3 Michigan State 0              
      6 Northwestern 5    
    1 Minnesota 11  

* - Indicates game required 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

PosNameSchool
PGabe RibasNorthwestern
PE. J. LarattaOhio State
PScott LewisOhio State
CJoe WilkinsOhio State
1BBrad CarlsonIowa
2BLuke AppertMinnesota
SSEric BlakeleyIndiana
3BDrew AndersonOhio State
OFBob MalekMichigan State
OFDoug DeedsOhio State
OFDoug DendingerOhio State
DHBen PatteeMinnesota

Most Outstanding Player

Joe Wilkins was named Most Outstanding Player. Wilkins was a catcher for Ohio State.[3]

References
  1. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2002". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  3. 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
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